- Cannabis
- Same sex marriage
- Cycle paths
- Dutch athem
- Sealevel
- Clogs
- Holland
- Amsterdam capital
- Cheese
- Red-Light District
Fact or Fiction?
Cannabis is legal in the Netherlands.
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Cannabis is legal in the Netherlands.
Fiction
Cannabis in the Netherlands is illegal, but is decriminalised for personal use. Recreational consumption of the drug is tolerated, and it is available in coffee shops.
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Same sex marriage is legal in the Netherlands.
Same sex marriage is legal in the Netherlands.
Fact
In the Netherlands you're free to be who you are. Actually, the Netherlands was the first(!) country to legalise same sex marriage!
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In the Netherlands, there are no less than 37,000 kilometres of cycle paths.
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The Dutch national anthem is relatively new.
The Dutch national anthem is relatively new.
Fiction
The national anthem is actually the oldest in the world! The Wilhelmus dates back to between 1569 and 1572.
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Almost a third of the Netherlands is below sea level.
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Everyone wears wooden shoes.
Everyone wears wooden shoes.
Fiction
Ofcourse that's not true. While clogs (klompen) are a typical Dutch thing, you'll almost never see anyone wearing them. They are suprisingly comfortable though!
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Holland and the Netherlands are the same.
Holland and the Netherlands are the same.
Fiction
This is a very common misconception. Holland is actually the name of only two dutch provinces. North and South-Holland.
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Amsterdam has been the capital of the Netherlands since 1983.
Amsterdam has been the capital of the Netherlands since 1983.
Fact
Amsterdam has indeed only recently become the capital of the Netherlands. Before that everyone already saw Amsterdam as the capital but it wasn't official yet.
Quick fact!
Dutch people eat an average of 14.3 kilos of cheese per person per year.
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There are only red lights in the Red-Light District of Amsterdam.
There are only red lights in the Red-Light District of Amsterdam.
Fiction
There are also blue lights. When you see a room with a blue light it means there's a transgender person in that room.